Tag Archives: Frugal

In the time of the virus: day 51

Posted on May 12, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

Well, so much to do today! One of the things I’d already decided to do this week was to make some face coverings (am adopting that description to distinguish from actual face masks needed for clinical settings or similar).  Initially … Continue reading →

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In the time of the virus: day 30

Posted on April 21, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

Garden/allotment – what a good day this has been.  The rain made a wonderful difference and I was able to work on ground that was previously baked solid.  My bean and pea bed is now prepared and the supports are … Continue reading →

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In the time of the virus: day 12

Posted on April 3, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

I woke up feeling that today would be a good day, and mostly it was.  Then towards the end of the afternoon two small things went wrong and for a while I fell apart.  And then yoga helped put me … Continue reading →

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How did it go? – reduce water use

Posted on January 8, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

With the end of 2019 come and gone, now is a good time to look back and see how I did with the goals I set myself a year ago. I set out my 2019 goals here.  I’m going to … Continue reading →

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2020: Enough!

Posted on January 2, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

Still feeling in ‘holiday mode’, I think I can stretch the Happy New Year greeting to you to today.  I wish for you and us all the very best in this scary time. For the first time I can recall, … Continue reading →

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Reuse, repurpose, upcycle: call it what you will, just do it

Posted on November 25, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

So much of this going on around here right now.  Both of us have spurts of STO*ing, and the pile of stuff moving onwards and outwards continues to grow.   We now have a basket by the front door for … Continue reading →

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Do what you can with what you (already) have

Posted on November 12, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

By the time you get to my stage in life (early 60s), with a life of largely good fortune and hard work behind me, I already have most of the things I could want.  I am  (well, we are) in … Continue reading →

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Ditching the plastic: cotton dishcloths

Posted on August 5, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

Good marks for us for always using reusable dishcloths, not ‘disposable’ one.  Bad marks for us that until recently all of them were made of synthetic microfibres, which we now realise release microscopic plastic fibres into the water every time … Continue reading →

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Zero waste: so you think you don’t like turnips?

Posted on July 23, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

My friend gets a weekly veg box delivered, which includes whatever the farm has ready at the time.  She and her husband really don’t like turnips, which is how two lots of turnips found their way to me.  I tolerate … Continue reading →

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A Further Adventure in Fermentation

Posted on July 14, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

And now for my latest Adventure in Fermentation.  This one courtesy of our friend Richard, who was kind enough to repay my gift of kefir grains with a gift of a kombucha scoby. If ‘kombucha‘ and ‘scoby‘ are new words … Continue reading →

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